Apparatus for handling beets.



PATBNTED DEC. 31.. 1907.

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D L JOBHNCK APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEETS.

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PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907. U '1). L. JOEHNGK. A APPARATUS FOR HANDLINGBEETS,

APPLIOATIOK FILED APR. 22, 1307.

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gwwewtpz Witnesses 'DETLEF L. JOEHNCK, OF ROCKY FORD, COLORADO.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BEETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 22, 1907. Serial No. 369.619.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DETLEF L. JOEHNCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rocky Ford, county of ()tero, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ap aratus for HandlingBeets; and I do here y declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in loadin a paratus.

In the following s eification, for the purpose of brevity an elearness,reference is simply made to beetsf as the product to be handled, but itwill of course be understood that instead of beets other products may beeqlilially well handled, such for instance as ot er classes of tubers,corn, grain, coke,

coal, stone, etc., and the employment of the word beets is not to beconstrued as restricting the invention to this particular use. Theinvention is especially designed for the purpose of storing in largequantities, by directly conveying to the storage chamber such as arailroad car, wagon loads of the product, such as beets, which at thesame time are screened from dirt and refuse matter, and a sample of eachwagon load being procured while the articles are bein transported fromthe wagon or similar veIiicle to the railroad car, or other storingcompartment.

While I do not limit myself to the exact details herein referred to,still for the purpose of disclosure reference is had to the accom anyindrawings illustrating a practice embo ent of the invention, in whichlike letters designate the same parts 1n the several views, and in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus, the lower portion of themain upright frame bein broken away and the bed of the pit being s IOWIiin section for the purpose of clearness in illustration. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the apparatus, the lower portion of the main framebeing broken away and the pit and the ski rear being shown in transverse section, an Fig. 3 is a fragmentary local view on an enlargedscale showing the pit and ski car in vertical section, and a sli htlyDICK ified form of dumping wagon.

In carrying out the invention broadly, I enlploya platform scale,located adjacent a pit, and cooperating with a suitable upright support,a skip car therefor, hoisting mean's for the skip car, means fortripping the skip car at a predetermined osition of elevatlon, means forscreemng the )eets from the refuse matter and conveying the cleanedbeets to the car or other storage compartment, and means for obtainingsamples of each wagon load of beets, the whole cooperatim to form anellicient apparatus for practicafiy carrying out in a continuousoperation the weig ing of the load of beets, the conveying of same in aclean state to the car, and the obtaining of a sample of each wagonload.

a designates a pit for the reception of the skip car, which may berovided with the recessed center 1:, to receive the depending means forpivotin the skip ear to the hoisting a paratus; c designates a basechamber for t 1e reception of the platform (1 of the scales 0 located ina suitable shed f, contain- 'ing drums operated by any suitable power,

and designated by an engine conventionally,

as at g. The pit a and compartment 0 maybe of lumber, or cement or othermasonry work, as shown.

Disposed above the pit a is located an upright support, which ma bestayedin any suitable manner. In the drawings, this upright supportconsists of a vertical frame comprising the side members It, the topcross piece a, the whole stayed by the laterally-extending truss framesj and the rearwardly-.

extending trussing frames 7c; each of said .trussmg'frames consisting ofthe mchmng mam timbers and the cross bars Z.

On one of the cross bars I may be suitably mounted a roller or sheave m,disposed above the )latform of the scales, over which reeves 9. ca le12-, connected at one end to an o'p'erats.

ing drum of the engine 9 or other 0 eratmg power and at its other endprovide with a swivel and hook connection 0, adapted to; be secured to atilting wagon bod p as, for

'1 he vehicle,

The uprights or standards h I the drawings as carried by the sidebars 1) v passed through the I-beam and bent beneath-- passing as at y.to a drum operated by the engine or other power.

Suspended by the I-beain t, by means of the hanger straps z, is the skipcar 1, consisting of a tilting bucket provided with base bearings,having trtnntion pins .2, around which pass the hanger straps z.ltigitlly mounted between the straps 2. at a suitable position thereon,is a pair of spacing blocks 3. each carrying a pivoted latch 4. onopposite sides ol the skip car, which pivoted latches 4 are adapted toengage with lugs 5 on the skip car. Disposed above said pit. and inalinemeat with the rear end of the latches 4 are a pair of trip bars 6,whicheobvionsly may be adjustably or rigidly connected with theframework. At a position on said upright frame. slightly above thebottom of said trip bars d. is pivotally mounted a grizzly screen 7,which is shown as hinged to the upright frame. as at 8. The outer end ofthis grizzly screen is suspended by means of a cable or cables 9,reeving over pulleys on the cross bar (not shownl in passing to theoperating drums. 1t) designating the front wall of an open hoppersupporting the outet edge of the grizzly screen, and pivoted as at 11 toa suitable support on the. upright l'raine. This front wall it) of thehopper cooperates with the rear wall 12 to deflect any screenings to achute l3 communicating by means of :i spent H with a. wheelbarrow, orother means for conveving oil refuse matter. of the hopper 10 is alsoconnected with the grizzly screen 7 by means of a llexible connection15, secured at one end to said front wall. thence. recving around apulley mounted on said rear wall 12 of the hopper, and sccured at itsother end to the rear or hinged end of the grizzly screen.

Disposed at the lower or discharge end of the screen is mounted a.sampler tithe, prefcrably of sectional construction. This sanipler tubeis designed to be disposed in any 1 position along the lower edge ordischarge end of the screen. in the drawings. the louera-c-tiou ill ofihe sampler tube is shown as carried by the framework construction. andat its lower end is provided with a bracket l? for suspending areceptacle 16 for the sample lit-ets. the tube is shown as mounted onthe pivoted front wall ltlof the hopper, a joinder with the l Theuplower section being made as at 20. per end of the section I!) isprovided with a milling plate 20 which may be adjnstably connected tothe tube in any suitable way. designated conventionally as by a locking.1: designates a pulley preferably i The front wall The upper section inof j is the same as that shown in the ther fig- I ures, but instead ofthe tilting wagon hodyp 2 the same is provided with a rope net 23 for idischarging the load of beets into the skip 1 bucket 1.

in operation, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a wagon load of beets isdriven onto the scales. and after weighing same, the cable 12 is oper- 5ated to tilt the wagon body and dump the l beets into the skip bucket,after which the cable y is operated to elevate the skip bucket,

end of the trip bar 6, the skip bucketis released, the latch being heldin its elevated position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, by t slidingalong the trip bar, and ready to engage the bucketand lock same inposition upon its descent. At the same time when bucket is in a positionjust above the rear end l of the SCl.t'li, and consequently the rear endi of the screen acts as a fulcrum for the forl ward end of the bucketwhich is gradually tilted over until it assumes the position shown indotted lines. The beets being l dumped onto the screen, the dirt, stone,and f other refuse matter passes through the coarse 3 screen, downthrough the hopper, and out of T the chute 14 into a wheel barrow orother form of vehicle, while the discharged beets l pass into the car orother storing chamber disposed at the end of the screen. During tthe.passage of the. beets past the sampler tube. however, some of thebeets striking the battling plate 21 will fall down through the samplertube into the bucket 1h, thereby j furnish a sample of the load of beetsbeing dumped.

The wagon with the load of beets having f been initially weighed, andhaving also been weighed after dutnping the load into the skip 5 bucket,the true weight of the beets is ascertained by then weighing the refusematter discharged through the. tube .14, and subtracting the weight ofthis refuse matter plus the weight of the wagon from the gross weight ofwagon and beets.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is:'

1. The combination of an upright support. a skip car vertically movablethereon. an iticliuing screen projecting therefrom, a hopper :tlispnsedbeneath said screen. a sampling chute disposed at the outerend of saidscreen.

means for hoisting said skip car. and means tilting said skip caradjacent said screen for discharging the contents thereon.substantizilly as described.

2. lhecombination of an upright support. an inclining screen projectingtherefrom, a :nm'al'lc support carried by sa d upright and means forhoisting said support. a skip car nivctaily suspended by said mo\ablestipport. a latch pivotally mounted on said movable Stflt\\'.'.2.The. con truction shown in Fig. I; support adapted .to engage kickingmeans on 5 the latch is tripped, the forward end of the.

and as soon as the latch 4 engages the lower said skip ear, and meansfor tilting said skip said inclining screenfa ski 'car carried by carduring its upward movement for dissaid frame, and means fore evatingsaid ski!) charging the contents thereof on said screen, car and tiltingthe contents thereof on said comprising a tripping bar engaging the tailend of said latch, substantially as described.

3; The combination of an upright frame, an inclined screen carriedthereby, a cross beam carried by said frame and mounted to slidetherein, a skip car having a trunnion pin 10 on each side thereof, apair of hanger straps passing around said cross bar and said trunnionpins, a spacing block secured to one ofsaid straps, a latch pivoted tosaid spacing block and cooperating with a lug on said skip car,

means for elevating said cross bar, and means for tripping said latchcomprising a trip bar projecting 1n the path of said latch below saidinclining screen, substantially as described. 4. The combination of anupright support,

a skip car movable vertically thereon and means for elevating same, ascreen pivot-ally secured to said frame, a cable supporting the end ofsaid screen, means for operating said cable, and means for tilting saidskip car to dump the contents thereof on said screen, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of an upright support, a pivoted screen carriedthereby, a hopper disposed below said screen comprising a stationaiyrear wall and a pivoted front wall,

the front wall of said hopper adapted to enga e and support the outerend of said screen, a xed pulley carried by said frame, a cablesuspending the outer end of said screen and means for operating same,flexible means rceving around said fixed pulley and disposed between theupper end of said pivoted front wall and the rear end of said screen, askip car vertically movable on said support,

means for eievating said skip car, and means for tripping said skip carto tilt the contents thereof on said screen, substantially as described.

screen, substantially as described.

7. The combination of an upri ht support, an inclining screen projectingtherefrom, a sampling tube disposed at the lower end of said incliningscreen, a baffling plate projecting above said sampliw tube, a skip carcarried by said frame, ant means for elevat'n said skip car and tiltingthe contents ther e0 on said screen, substantially as described 8. Thecombination of an upri ht support, an inclining screen projecting terefroni, a sampling tube disposed at the lower end of said incli i 1ingscreen, an adjustable bafl ling plate pro ectmg above said sampling tute, a skip car carried by said frame, and means for elevating said skipcar and tilting the contents thereof on said screen, substantially asdescribed.

9. The combination of an n right sup port, a pivoted screen, a hopperisposed t elow said screen comprising a stationary rear wall and apivoted front wall supporting the forward end-of said screen, flexiblemeans connecting said screen and pivoted front w all, a cable connectedto said screen and means for operating said cableto elevate said screen,a sectional sampling tube the upper section carried by said pivotedfront wall and the lower section being supported in a stationaryposition, a receptacle for catching the sample beets, a skip carvertically movable on said upright support, means for elevating saidskip car, means for tripping same to tilt the contents thereof on saidscreen, and means for delivering a load of beets to said tip car,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

DETLEF L. JOEHNCK.

6. The combination of an upi'i ht support, Witnesses:

an inclining screen projecting t ierefrom, a

sampling tube disposed at the lower end of R. W. Gmaons, H. D. Macon.

